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THE BOOK OF<br/>
<span class=large>DANIEL</span>
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CHAPTER 9
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Daniel fasts, confesses, and prays for all Israel—Gabriel reveals time of the coming of the Messiah who shall make reconciliation for iniquity—Messiah shall be cut off.
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In</span> the first year of <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 11: 1.">Darius</a> the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;
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In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 36: 21; Jer. 25: 12.">seventy</a> years in the <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Israel, Bondage of, in Other Lands.">desolations</a> of Jerusalem.
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&#182; And I set my face unto the Lord God, to <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Dan. 10: 12.">seek</a> by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Apparel.">sackcloth</a>, and ashes:
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And I prayed unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> my God, and made my <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/4a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Confession.">confession</a>, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 7: 9; Neh. 1: 5.">keeping</a> the covenant and <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/9/4c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 109: 1.">mercy</a> to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
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We have <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 8: 47; Ps. 106: 6.">sinned</a>, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
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Neither have we <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Chr. 36: 16 (15-16).">hearkened</a> unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
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O Lord, <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/7a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Righteousness.">righteousness</a> <i>belongeth</i> unto thee, but unto us <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/7b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR shamefacedness.">confusion</a> of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, <i>that are</i> near, and <i>that are</i> far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee.
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O Lord, to us <i>belongeth</i> confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee.
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To the Lord our God <i>belong</i> mercies and <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Alma 24: 10; D&C 64: 7 (6-7); D&C 84: 61 (60-61).">forgivenesses</a>, though we have <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/9b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Rebellion.">rebelled</a> against him;
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Neither have we obeyed the voice of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God, to <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Walking with God.">walk</a> in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets.
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Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Disobedience.">obey</a> thy voice; therefore the <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/11b" mark="b" type="C" title="Jer. 52: 30 (1-30); TG Curse.">curse</a> is poured upon us, and the oath that <i>is</i> written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.
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And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/12a" mark="a" type="D" title="OR calamity.">evil</a>: for under the whole heaven hath not been <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/12b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 5: 9.">done</a> as hath been done upon Jerusalem.
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As <i>it is</i> written in the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 26: 14 (14-46).">law</a> of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth.
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Therefore hath the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> watched upon the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 31: 28.">evil</a>, and brought it upon us: for the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> our God <i>is</i> righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Disobedience.">obeyed</a> not his voice.
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And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly.
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&#182; O Lord, according to all thy <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 31: 1; Ps. 36: 6; D&C 133: 47 (46-47).">righteousness</a>, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/16b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 11: 45; Zech. 8: 3.">mountain</a>: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people <i>are become</i> a <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/9/16c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Reproach.">reproach</a> to all <i>that are </i>about us.
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Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="Num. 6: 25; 3 Ne. 19: 25.">shine</a> upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.
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O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
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O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
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&#182; And whiles I <i>was</i> speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> my God for the holy mountain of my God;
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Yea, whiles I <i>was</i> speaking in prayer, even the man <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/21a" mark="a" type="C" title="Dan. 8: 16; TG Angels.">Gabriel</a>, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/21b" mark="b" type="A" title="Dan. 8: 18.">touched</a> me about the time of the <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/9/21c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Kgs. 18: 36.">evening</a> oblation.
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And he informed <i>me,</i> and talked with me, and said, O <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ezek. 14: 14; Ezek. 28: 3.">Daniel</a>, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding.
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At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew <i>thee;</i> for thou <i>art</i> greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision.
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Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/24a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about; TG Reconciliation.">reconciliation</a> for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
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Know therefore and understand, <i>that</i> from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince <i>shall be</i> seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 52: 14.">wall</a>, even in troublous times.
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And after threescore and two weeks shall <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/26a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Atonement through; TG Jesus Christ, Crucifixion of; TG Jesus Christ, Messiah; TG Jesus Christ, Prophecies about.">Messiah</a> be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 19: 44 (43-44).">destroy</a> the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof <i>shall be</i> with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
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And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of <sup>a</sup><a href="dan/9/27a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Abomination of Desolation.">abominations</a> he shall make <i>it</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="dan/9/27b" mark="b" type="A" title="Luke 21: 24 (20-24); D&C 88: 85.">desolate</a>, even until the <sup>c</sup><a href="dan/9/27c" mark="c" type="A" title="Isa. 28: 22; Dan. 12: 1; 2 Ne. 20: 23.">consummation</a>, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
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